MS - Brandy Littrell - Lyft Driver Kidnapped/Robbed/Shot 7 Times by Dontarius Magee - Jackson

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Lyft Driver Recounts Being Kidnapped and Shot 7 Times: 'I'm Not Going to Make It. This Is How I Die'

Rideshare driver Brandy Littrell's routine ride turned into a nightmare

people.com

Brandy Littrell had been a rideshare driver for five years in Mississippi when, on the late morning of Nov. 2, 2021, she picked up a routine ride from an apartment complex in Jackson.

The young man she picked up "just seemed like somebody that was trying to get to work,"

"He said something I didn't really catch, and when I turned to look at him, he pointed a gun to my face," she says. Littrell, now 37, alleges the young man, who was later identified as Dontarius Magee, demanded her keys, phone, watch and debit cards before forcing her into the backseat of her Dodge Journey.

He pulled over at an apartment complex where he told her to get out of the car and walk through the woods, she says.
At one point, he told her to get on her knees.

ittrell says she was shot a total of seven times. "I thought I would die," she says. Approximately 10 minutes later, she opened her eyes to discover the gunman was gone. Littrell was able to crawl to a small tree and get back on her feet. Miraculously, she dragged herself to an apartment complex where someone called for help.

Magee was indicted in December on charges of attempted murder, kidnapping, armed robbery and armed carjacking.

 

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Mississippi man, 17, arrested in kidnapping, shooting of Lyft driver

Lyft driver Brandy Littrell, 36 (right), was shot seven times on Tuesday after picking up 17-year-old Dontarius Magee (left) from an apartment complex in Byram, Mississippi.

www.dailymail.co.uk

6 November 2021

"A Mississippi teenager was arrested after allegedly shooting his Lyft driver numerous times after he kidnapped her and took her to the woods to rob her, police said.

Brandy Littrell, 36, was shot seven times on Tuesday after picking up 17-year-old Dontarius Magee from an apartment complex in Byram, directly south of Jackson."

"Magee reportedly forced Littrell into the backseat of her black Dodge Journey after hailing a ride and, holding her to gunpoint, drove her to a wooded area off Beasley Road, Jackson Deputy Chief of Police Deric Hearn said.

'I gave him whatever he wanted because I was just trying to stay alive,' she told 16ABC from her hospital bed.

'He wanted my PIN number to my phone, my debit cards and wanted to know how much money I had in the bank, and wanted to know what was in my house.'

After shooting Littrell and getting her home address, garage door opener and car keys, Magee fled the scene, police said.

Once he left, Littrell feared for the life of her grandmother, who was at her house, so she ran to a nearby apartment complex for help.

Police said they arrested the 17-year-old near Adkins Boulevard, and he has since confessed to the crime. He has been charged with carjacking, kidnapping and aggravated assault."